Being a Woman is Not a Pre-Existing Condition Being a Woman is Not a Pre-Existing Condition
This post was written by Nation intern and freelance writer Fernanda Diaz. One of the most appalling practices of the health insurance industry is to deny women coverage because...
Oct 30, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Free Mohammad Othman, Part 2 Free Mohammad Othman, Part 2
This post was written by Nation intern and freelance writer Andrea D'Cruz. Mohammad Othman, the Palestinian Stop the Wall and Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions activist, had his det...
Oct 28, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Playing God with Khristian Oliver Playing God with Khristian Oliver
This post was written by Nation intern and freelance writer Andrea D'Cruz. Ten years ago Khristian Oliver was convicted of murder: during a burglary in March of 1998, Joe Collins...
Oct 27, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
The Showdown in Chicago The Showdown in Chicago
The Showdown in Chicago is on! The ABA's annual convention has become the scene for a series of major protests, which are set to continue through Tuesday, when a major march and r...
Oct 26, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Combating Climate Change Combating Climate Change
Kudos to 350.org for organizing the most widespread day of political action in the planet's history. You wouldn't know it if you get your news from the New York Times, the Huffing...
Oct 25, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
A Day of Climate Action A Day of Climate Action
How to rally a global climate movement? That's the question the heros at 350.org take up in this video highlighting the 4,641 global actions currently planned for tomorrow, Saturd...
Oct 23, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Pushing the Public Option Pushing the Public Option
It never hurts to get a sexy movie star on board. In this amusing new ad created by MoveOn.org, Heather Graham stars as the Public Option, showing how she'll force the lazy, bloat...
Oct 21, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Repeal the DOMA Repeal the DOMA
This post was written by Nation intern and freelance writer Alana Levinson. For more than a decade, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), signed into law by President Bill Clinto...
Oct 20, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Free Mohammad Othman Free Mohammad Othman
This post was written by Nation intern and freelance writer Andrea D'Cruz. An international campaign to secure the immediate and unconditional release of Mohammad Othman, a hum...
Oct 16, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
The Freedom Journalism School The Freedom Journalism School
Here's a great new idea worth supporting: The Freedom Journalism School -- a pioneering program to train a network of fifty new media muckrakers across the South. A new project f...
Oct 13, 2009 / Peter Rothberg